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s. P. KEITH.

SLAT FASTENING.

No. 322,382. Patented July- 14, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN PERRY KEITH, OF ALEXANDER, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN J. EARGLE, OF SAME PLACE.

SLAT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,382, dated July '14, 1885.

Application filed November 18, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN P. KEITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexander, in the county of Erath and State 5 of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slat-Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to to which it appertains to make and use the same,

20 This invention has relation to bed slats and means for connecting them to the rails of.

bedsteads and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended 25 claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the rail of the bedstead, having the longitudinal slat-rest B, which is conslructed with therecesses or slat-seats 0, ar- 0 ranged at suitable distances apart in the usual manner. At about the middle of each slat-seat c is provided an eye, d, the lower portion of which descends into said seat.

E represents the slat, the ends 9 of which 5 are notched at h, to provide for the eyes 61, which, when said slat is placed in position, with its ends engaging the seats 0, are received (No model.)

in the end notches, h. In this position the opening of the eye projects above the upper surlace of the slat, while the lower portion of 1 the metallic body of the eye is in the notch below said surface. When the hooks G, which are pivoted to the upper surface of the slut near its end, are engaged with the eyes, which appear above said surface, a tight fastening 41 is provided, which eflectually connects the rail and slat, and at the same time holds the slat firmly, so that it cannot shake in its seat.

The hooks G in this construction do not project beyond the end of the slat, and are 54 therefore in great'manner protected fromcasnal injury when removed from the bedstead.

Both hooks and eyes are brought down as nearly as possible to the slat-surface, so that they will not injure the mattress. 5

I am aware that it is not new to provide a bed-slat at opposite ends with a hook to en gage a cross-bar in a casting secured to the bed-frame, and therefore do not claim such devices, broadly. 6

, Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination, with the eyes d, of the notched slats adapted to receive said eyes in 6 the end notches and the hooks pivoted to the slats and adapted to engage the eyes, sub-- stantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. l

STEPHEN PERRY KEITH. Witnesses V E. TLUooK, Ronr. H. JACK. 

